A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Paddy soils have a much higher microbial biomass content than upland soils: A review of the origin, mechanisms, and drivers

L Wei, T Ge, Z Zhu, R Ye, J Penuelas, Y Li… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many studies have shown that the microbial biomass content in paddy soils is much higher
than that in upland soils, but a comprehensive review of the underlying mechanisms and …

C: N: P stoichiometry regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and concomitant shifts in microbial community composition in paddy soil

X Wei, Z Zhu, Y Liu, Y Luo, Y Deng, X Xu, S Liu… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2020 - Springer
Stoichiometric control of input substrate (glucose) and native soil organic C (SOC)
mineralization was assessed by performing a manipulation experiment based on N or P …

Carbon input and allocation by rice into paddy soils: A review

Y Liu, T Ge, Z Zhu, S Liu, Y Luo, Y Li, P Wang… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of belowground C input by rice plants and its fate is essential for
managing C cycling and sequestration in paddy soils. Previous reviews have summarized C …

Rice rhizodeposition promotes the build-up of organic carbon in soil via fungal necromass

Y Luo, M **ao, H Yuan, C Liang, Z Zhu, J Xu… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rice rhizodeposition plays an important role in carbon sequestration in paddy soils.
However, the pathways through which rice rhizodeposits contribute to soil organic C (SOC) …

Rice rhizodeposition and its utilization by microbial groups depends on N fertilization

T Ge, B Li, Z Zhu, Y Hu, H Yuan, M Dorodnikov… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2017 - Springer
Rhizodeposits have received considerable attention, as they play an important role in the
regulation of soil carbon (C) sequestration and global C cycling and represent an important …

Biogeochemical cycles of key elements in the paddy-rice rhizosphere: microbial mechanisms and coupling processes

X Wei, Z Zhu, L Wei, J Wu, T Ge - Rhizosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice feeds more than 50% of the world's population, 88% of which is planted in paddy fields.
Paddy-rice rhizosphere is a unique habitat characterized by redox heterogeneity that is …

Effects of nitrogen-enriched biochar on rice growth and yield, iron dynamics, and soil carbon storage and emissions: A tool to improve sustainable rice cultivation

X Yin, J Peñuelas, J Sardans, X Xu, Y Chen… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar is often applied to paddy soils as a soil improver, as it retains nutrients and
increases C sequestration; as such, it is a tool in the move towards C-neutral agriculture …

Soil carbon-fixation rates and associated bacterial diversity and abundance in three natural ecosystems

TM Lynn, T Ge, H Yuan, X Wei, X Wu, K **ao… - Microbial ecology, 2017 - Springer
CO 2 assimilation by autotrophic microbes is an important process in soil carbon cycling,
and our understanding of the community composition of autotrophs in natural soils and their …

Succession of the soil bacterial community as resource utilization shifts from plant residues to rhizodeposits

Y Fu, Y Luo, C Tang, Y Li, G Guggenberger… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Identifying the core taxa involved in the utilization of plant straw or/and rhizodeposits is key
to understanding the microbial mechanisms underlying the turnover of these plant-derived …